Who's in what field of "specialty" EMS

What specialty are you?

  • Military

    Votes: 12 17.1%

  • Wilderness

    Votes: 15 21.4%

  • Flight

    Votes: 9 12.9%

  • Tactical

    Votes: 15 21.4%

  • Overseas Remote Medic

    Votes: 4 5.7%

  • None, but interested in something along those lines

    Votes: 15 21.4%

  • Regular EMS

    Votes: 37 52.9%
  • Total voters
    70
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So I'm curious as to who is in what field of EMS, so I figured I'd post about it.
 
I am mainly in standard EMS.

But I have taken some W-EMT classes and work with a rescue team that does back country extrication, high angle rescue and such. It is fun(?) doing all that stuff hanging on the end of a rope. :)
 
I am in regular ems, also Military.

SPC KDL, ARNG
 
Currently work for a fixed wing air ambulance, but also trained in wilderness and military medicine.

I also have a major interest in the history of critical care, trauma surgery, EMS and military medicine so I have a rather unusual hobby which is medical history reenacting (specifically WWII).
 
Standard EMS, but I've previously worked in non-overseas remote medical, setting up and running temporary medical units and providing non-emergency and emergency care.
 
Well, let's see, I'm currently military and wilderness, and have worked significantly in tactical and overseas remote, but not so much anymore.
 
I'm currently military (just re enlisted so i'll be miliatry for sometime to come).
 
68w, emt-b, alc, goat lab cert, cpr cert/instructor, EFMB candiate and extensive training in GSW and IED blast.
 
Wilderness as of now. Toying with going military as well.
 
Right at the moment regular EMS. But as soon as I have completed medic training, I want to start high angle rescue training along with SAR training.
 
Air Medical Communications

In the Critical Care Transport environment.

Used to really love it, had some unfortunate administration changes, now it's just a job.

Still keep my hand in it, youngest daughter starts EMT basic this Wednesday, hope to be able to attend and help with that, may help with some of the depression.

Bob
 
I'm doing CCT-Lite right now part time - vent runs and other ALS level IFT work, as well as occasional events. I also am involved with the Boy Scouts of America, and do Remote and Event medicine for them. And I do 911 EMS volunteer BLS/ Paid ALS.
 
Flight, but also critical care ground transport and trauma unit.
 
Currently just ambulance/Fire Dept., Taking a rope rescue class in the near future, also getting my Dive/Rescue cert
 
Full time Street EMS. Former fixed/rotary wing, former LEO. On Call Tactical Medic for county wide SRT.
 
As the training entry to the left states I am currently just your run of the mill Firefighter/ EMT-CC. Going off to Ft. Knox in May though for phase 2 and phase 3 of 68W. That is if my counties D.O.H ever gets back to the National Registry so I can test out of the first phase. This school is coming at just the right time as they have in the past. My civilian job is getting ridiculous everyone is demoralized and the environment is downright unhealthy there. Previous transition/MOS school to 15U came when I was separated from my wife followed shortly thereafter by a deployment to the sandbox. If I stayed home I definitely would have gotten divorced. This might make me one of the few people out there who believe the Army saved their marriage.:wacko:
 
My field? "Former".

;)............
Former EMT-Ambulance, USAF Fire Protection Spec/Crash Rescueman, short-timer at ER and Doc-in-the-box RN, Disaster Prep/Mobility Officer in Guard (RN), and forensic nurse (jail) providing primary and emergecy care.
 
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Let me see: Athletic Trainer and Paramedic. One required a Bachelor's Degree... the other didn't. Did 7 years each. One paid better than the other. Two or three classes different and I'd have been an Exercise Physiologist.

In terms of EMS, I'd be a specialist in Athletic Injury Care, treatment, and transport. I'm the guy you want on the sideline... too bad they don't allow me to combine the two.
 
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Just found out about a local SAR group, will begin training with them once I test out NREMT-I.

I work in a Trauma II Mixed S/MICU.

I am on path to advanced practice nursing and plan on using that as a springboard to either Fixed Wing or HEMS in the next few years.
 
I do standby EMS at large events such as festivals, races, fairs, etc.
 
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